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(No Model.)

F. A. RICHARDSON.

GLOVE FASTENING.

No. 476,410. Patented June 7, 1892.

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GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,410, dated June 7,1892.

Application filed January 20, 1892. Serial No. 418,663. (No model.)Patented in England November 4, 1890, No. 17,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON, hosier, a subject ofthe Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 5 Althorpe Road, lVandsworthCommon, London, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves, Stays, and otherArticles of \Vearing-Apparel, (for which I have received Letters Patentin Great Britain, No. 17,681, dated November 4, 1890,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

One part of the fastener is composed of an ordinary eye or eyelet to besecured to one of the two parts, say, of a glove, which are to befastened together, or a metal plate having a hole or holes formedthrough it may be used instead of an eyelet or eyelets. The other partof the fastener, which is to be secured to the other part of the glove,is formed somewhat like a hook, but is secured to the fabric in thereverse position to that in which it would be placed it it were to beused as a hook. The hook point or prong projects from a stem whichstands up from a plate which is secured to the fabric. The eyelet is tobe passed onto the point and the eyelet then turned into a positionparallel with the point and surrounding the stem. The stem-is providedwith a seat for the rear inner wall of the eyelet. For this purpose itmay be somewhat inclined or formed with a hollow curve at the back, anda yielding stop or spring is provided which requires to be somewhat bentas the eyelet is being pressed into position to surround the stem andwhich springs back somewhat when the eyeletis parallel with the prong,so that the eyelet is kept from slipping off the stem. The point orprong itself may be formed with a yielding stop or a separate spring maybe provided. Various ways in which the plate with the stem and prong orpoint projecting from it may be made and secured to the glove or otherfabric are shown in the drawings annexed.

Figures 1 to 6 show sections of various constructions. Figs. 7 and 8 aresections illustrating the action of the fastener shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 9is a' section of another form of the fastener. Figs. 10 and 11 are planviews of two of its parts. Figs. 12 and 13 are sections of another form,Fig. 12' showing the eyelet being passed onto the prong and Fig. 13showing the fastener secured.

In Fig. 1, A is the plate which is to be socured to the fabric. B is thestem, and O the prong. A are pieces extending from the plate A, one oneach side and bent downward at right angles to the plate, as shown, sothat they may be passed through the fabric and then bent over so as tosecure the plate to the fabric. A is a curved spring formed of a tongueof metal cut from the plate A. All the parts A, A, A 13, and C areformed in one piece of sheet metal cut and bent to form.

In Fig. 2, in place of the spring-tongue A the plate Aand prong O areformed with projections D, facing one another. When placing an eyelet Gonto the fastener, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and S, the eyelet cannot bepressed over the shoulder of the fastener at E without the prong O andplate A being sprung somewhat apart in doingso,but when the eyeletisbrought into the position shown in Fig. 8 they spring back and keep theeyelet bearing against the back of the stem 13. In each of thesefigures, as will be observed, the outer or rear wall of the stem B isformed with a seat for the rear inner wall of the eye that is to say, itis so formed that the eye cannot slip from it, either outwardly from thetop thereof or inwardly between the plate A and fabric-it beingunderstood that the plate A is securely fastened to the fabric, so thatthe eye is prevented from slipping from the lower end of the stem. Theparts A and D act as yielding stops, which bear against the inner frontwall of the eye G when itis placed in position.

In Fig. 3 a separate yielding stop or spring F is used to effect thesame object. It is formed, as shown, so as to be held between the plateA and the fabric to which the fastener is to be secured.

In Fig. 4 the plate A, instead of being on the same side of the stern Bas the prong O, is bent to the opposite side of the stem, so that thestem may be brought close to the edge of the fabric to which the plateis secured. The plate also is secured to the fabric by an ordinaryrivet.

In Fig. 5 the plate A, stem 13, and prong O are shown as being formedfrom a doubled strip of sheet metal, and the edge of the fabric is heldbetween the two parts of the strip which form the plate A.

Fig. 6 shows the fastener similarly formed from a doubled strip of sheetmetal and with spring-tongues or yielding stops A instead of a separatespring F. It is also shown to be formed with a similar tongue bent, soas to form a projecting, knob at the shoulder E.

The construction shown in Fig. 9 is similar to that shown in Fig. at,except that the plate A is formed with prongs A descending from it to bepassed through the fabric and through a plate H, placed against the backof the fabric and then doubled over.

The construction shown at Figs. 12 and 13 is similar to that shown inFig. 9, except that the parts are secured to the fabric by an eyelet orhollow rivet I.

In some cases, where several fasteners at distances apart have to beused-as, for example, in the case of stays-several hooks could be formedon one plate, which in the case of stays might be the bush itself.

In every instance, as will be observed, the rear or outer wall of thestern B is provided with a seat for the rear inner wall of the eye, anda yielding stop is interposed between the stem and the front of theprong which bears against the front inner wall of the eye.

I claim as my invention- A hook-and-eye fastening consisting of an eye Gand a hook comprising a base A, a stem B, formed on its outer or rearwall with aseat for the inner rear wall of the eye, a prong C,projecting forwardly from the upper or outer end of the stem, and ayielding stop interposed between the front end of the prong and thestern against which the front inner wall of the eyelet bears.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

WM. Tnos. MARSHAD, EDMUND S. SNEWIN;

